A parent has asked her son’s football club in South Melbourne to scrap snags from its weekend barbecues on the grounds of animal cruelty and health concerns.
Infiltrating the facility to check on humane treatment of cattle,the activist said he was hit by “a mob with a mob mentality”.
James Troeth,85,was fined $34,000 after pleading guilty to four animal cruelty offences.
Resembling a Shakespearean tragedy,the romantic history of Kevin the black swan has taken another turn,delighting locals who frequent the Reservoir park that he calls home.
About 16,000 animals have been packed aboard since January 5,the ship having been ordered to abandon its voyage due to Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea.
Bullfights have returned to Mexico City after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that suspended the events for more than a year and a half.
One Reservoir woman fostered more than 60 dogs last year,looking after them for a short time until they were ready to go to a forever home.
The job of RSPCA inspectors is part detective,part social worker – and often brings them into contact with unorthodox and challenging cases.
Parliament has passed a bill outlawing the eating of dog meat. The Agriculture Ministry says that as of April 2022some 1100 farms were breeding 570,000 dogs for meat.
A popular nightclub has been forced to rehome its resident tropical fish after becoming embroiled in an animal rights row.
In a win for people power,the state has just recognised years of lobbying to save the remnant pines in Perth’s northern suburbs. But is it too little,too late?